When David had cast the Jebusites out of the citadel, he also rebuilt Jerusalem, and named it The City of David, and abode there all the time of his reign; but for the time that he reigned over the tribe of Judah only in Hebron, it was seven years and six months.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

For them the best and only practical form of government is that which 424 they now enjoy, a mild and benevolent despotism, under a Ruler of a superior and exotic race, standing firm and isolated amidst racial jealousies, as no native Ruler could do, and unsuspected of racial partiality; a Ruler upon whom all can depend as a common friend, and a Ruler who has devoted his life to their common welfare.
— from A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908 by C. A. Bampfylde

Judge Blaisdell, District Attorney Knowlton and Marshal Hilliard are men of experience, good sense and reliable judgment, and no other three men on earth regretted the step they had taken more than they.
— from The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders by Edwin H. Porter

It was also proper that Judge Truax, who was a real Judge, and not one by courtesy only, as was the young District Attorney, should sit upon the bench.
— from The Exiles and Other Stories by Richard Harding Davis

We proceeded very slowly, and reached just at night a solitary little inn, which marks the site of the ancient home of the Sabine virgins, snatched away to become the mothers of Rome.
— from Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Margaret Fuller

The Chinese usually secure a rest just after noon, but frequently just then some patient would turn up, and put an end to quiet.
— from James Gilmour of Mongolia: His diaries, letters, and reports by James Gilmour

The noise increased as the procession traversed the outer courts of the palace in succession, and at length issued from the gates, having at their head the Chobdars, bearing silver sticks and clubs, and shouting, at the pitch of their voices, the titles and the virtues of Tippoo, the great, the generous, the invincible—strong as Rustan, just as Noushirvan—with a short prayer for his continued health.
— from The Surgeon's Daughter by Walter Scott

It was mailed that evening and reached Jim about noon Saturday.
— from The Short Line War by Samuel Merwin

It is the error of those who take the Jewish nation as such to be the subject of prophecy, and hope for its restoration to Palestine, for a revived Jerusalem, a new Davidic monarchy, even a reign of Christ over such an earthly kingdom.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians by James Denney

“My hospitality,” said the farmer, “is nae gryte things in itself; and it was gien without ony thought o’ a return, just as nae doot
— from The Modern Athens A dissection and demonstration of men and things in the Scotch Capital. by Robert Mudie

With respect to the time of the composition, we must not allow ourselves to be deceived by the circumstance that, as a rule, Judah appears no less that Israel, already far away from the land of the Lord, in captivity.
— from Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg